Holder



I. TUDOR.

HOLDER.

APPLlCATlON FILED 0502,1921.

Patented Dec. 12, 11.922

mm% m A TTOR/VEYS PatentedDeca 12, 1922.

s'rAas W 1,438,194 F 1C Application filed December 2, 1921., Serial No.518,557.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISOBEL TUDOR, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, count of Kings,and State of New York,

have Invented a new and Improved Holder, of which the following is afull, clearpand exact description.

My invention relates'to a holder, and alms to provide a device of thisnature more particularly adapted for use in connection wlth anextraneous body, or pad of material.

It is a well appreciated fact that considerable difliculty has beenexperienced in the household use of steel wool, acid soap pads, andsimilar elements utilized for scouring and general cleansing purposes,primarily for the reason that elements of this nature injure the hand ofthe user, aside from the fact that they are extremely difiicult tograsp.

Thus my present invention aims to provide a holder which is primarilyadapted for use in connection with pads or bodies of the naturespecified, and byv means of which an operator may readily manipulatethis .pad without injury to the hands, and also to the best advantage tosecure an eflicient cleansin action.

other object of this inventionis the construction of a device of thecharacter stated which may, readilybe associated with and detached fromthe pad or body when it is to be used.

A further object of this invention is th provision of a holder which maybe con structed at a nominal figure, and

Still further objects of this invention will become apparent from theannexed specification taken in connection with the draw-.

ings, which latter illustrate one practical embodiment of the same, andin which;

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of one 6, and a spring 9 also disposedwithin this bore and interposed between the ends of the portions 5 and8' serves to normally force these parts in opposite directions in amanner hereinafter specified.

Arranged within the tapered lower end of the bore 6 are a plurality ofhook sha ed members 10, the shanks 11 of which pro erably incorporateresilient qualities itbeing noted that the upper ends of the shanks aresecured to the supplemental body 8. Thus it will be appreciated that thehooks 10 will normally be retained within the constricted area presentedby the portions 7 or the bore, 6, incident to the fact that the spring 9will tend to retract the shanks 11 and consequently the hooks 10 to thispoint.

However, it will vbe appreciated, that incident to the tapering of thebore, that when the operation occurs, the hooks 10 will be caused toconverge towards each other. However upon the supplemental body 8 beingforced inwardly with respect to the body 5, and against the tendency ofthe spring 9 it will be understood that the shanks, and accordingly thehooks, will be protected, and incident to the resilient qualities of theshanks 11, the hooks will move away from each other.

Assuming that a holder thus constructed is to grasp a pad 12 of steelwool or cotton, it will be ap reciated that an operator may bring the b0y 5 to rest upon this pad subsequent to which the supplemental body isdepressed in the manner stated, and afterwards allowed to assume itsnormal position. The depression of the supplemental body 8 will resultin'the hooks 10 moving voutwardly and away' from each other, and

being pressed into the body of the padtQ, but upon the body 8 beinmovement .of the latter with respect to the released, the. hooks 10 willmove upward y and towards 1 lutl" body ofthe holder. It is to beappreciated that an operator isnow free to use the holder, and may usethe pad to great advantage without injury to the fingers. Further, 'uponit being desired to discard the pad this may readily be accomplished bymovin the body 8 inwardly with respect to the b0 y 5 which willimmediately result.

in the hooks 10 moving downwardly and outwardly, thus disengaging thesame from the pads.

Referring to the type of holder illustratedin Figure 3 it will be seenthat the same corresponds substantially to the type oi holderillustrated in Figures 1 and 2 with the exception that the supplementalbody 8 and spring 9 are eliminated. Thus, this type of holder, merelyincludes a body 13 formed with a bore 14 the lower en of which istapered 'as at 15,- it beingnoted that theshanks 16 of hooks 17 aredisposed within the bore 14 and in such a position that v the operatormay grasp the upper ends of these shanks and move the same with re-' sect'to the body 13. Thus assuming that t e shanks 16 incorporateresilient qualities it will be appreciated that the movement.

, of the shanks with respect to the body will result in; the same actiononthe part of the hooks, as that which has been described in connectionwith the operation of the structure illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

bore, a shoulder being formed at the juncin tion of said bores, asupplemental hollow body slidable' in the main body, a, sprin betweenthe supplemental body and sai 1 2. A holder of the character described,

comprisin a body, having a bore, the lower end of w ich is conical, ahollow-slidable and spring pressed supplemental body. in the mam body,and pairs of 'resilienthooks, each pair being formed of a piece of wirebent into a loop and having the lower ends of its members bent outwardlyand downwardly and terr'ninating in inwardly extending hooks, the loopedportion of each pair 1gidhooks being secured to the supplemental 32holder of the character described, comprising a body provided with abore haying a conical lower end, and pairs of resillent hooks in thebore, each pair, being formed of a piece of wire bent into a loop andhaving the lower ends of its members inclined.- downwardly and outwardlyand terminating in inwardly extending hooks, the body and the hooksbeing slidable relatlvely to one another.

ISOBEL TUDOR.

